I've come to a realization that many people probably already have known.
I'm a nerd.
And I owe it all to my husband who gradually brought out his nerdiness after we were married, and is now bringing the inner nerdiness out of me. Examples? Well, I had no idea until after we were married that my husband liked to play Dungeons and Dragons when he was younger. And, waiting at his parents house (again, after we were married) were stacks of comic books and graphic novels ready to find a new home in our blissful, newly wed apartment. I thought to myself upon this discovery, how could someone so hot be so nerdy?
And then he started watching this little show called Battlestar Galactica. Not the original 70's version with Lorne Greene, but the remake with better costumes and scarier Cylon's. When he first started watching it and asked if I wanted to watch it too, I snubbed my nose at it. Then I watched the first episode and was hooked. Now, I am so frakin excited for the series finally on Friday. We've even gotten a few of our other friends into the show. (Seriously, it's good. Stop reading this and go watch it right now.)
Then for his birthday last year, he asked for the entire series of Buffy the Vampire Slayer, which was on sale. Again, I looked at him and asked him if he was serious. He was. And that started my obsession with the Buffy series. We burned through 7 seasons of Buffy and 5 seasons of Angel in about 6 months.
Enter Ash's birthday in 2009. What does he want to do? Go see the movie "Watchmen". So what am I doing now? Reading the graphic novel.
I feel like that Simpson's episode when Bart has to get glasses, platform shoes, and hair gunk. He looks into Milhouse's glasses at his reflection, gasps and says "I'm a nerd!". Milhouse looks at his reflection in Bart's glasses and says "So am I!".
At least I can take comfort in the fact that the sci-fi stuff I like is all critically acclaimed. And that I'm not a Trekie. That's just crossing a certain line that you can never come back from.
5 comments:
But Cari, you've always been a nerd!!! How many Jr high girls sit around listening to musicals? oh, wait. Nevermind....
Also,I believe you are a geek. Geeks are better looking and not socially inept. Nerds are, well, nerdy looking and lack social skills.
Embrace the geekdom my friend!
I did the same thing with Battlestar and now we love it too! Funny!
I just finished Watchmen too, let me know what you think.
PS, I knew you were a nerd from the get-go, hon - and loved you for it!
Of course I've always been a nerd/geek! The world would suck if there weren't people like us with our weird quirks and bizarre sense of humour.
And Miss Saigon still makes me cry...
I too have become a geek by marriage, and I had to laugh at your post because it felt so familiar to me. Loved Watchmen (both times) and feel I could get addicted to Battlestar very quickly :) Embrace the geekiness...embrace it.
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